Ed Davey: 'No one expects the commercial Green Deal to fly out the door'

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Energy and Climate Change Secretary tells BusinessGreen Plus he wants industry organisations to help promote the energy efficiency scheme to businesses

In this second part of BusinessGreen Plus' interview with Ed Davey, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary talks climate scepticism, how the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) views the early...

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